Item #120

Rating: 3 Stars

Category: Spirit

Title: The Science Behind Why People Hate the Word 'Moist'

URL: http://mentalfloss.com/article/64984/science-behind-why-people-hate-word-moist

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People really do not like discussing moisture. A Buzzfeed post called “Why Moist Is The Worst Word Ever” received more than 4 million views; when The New Yorker asked readers to nominate a word to scrub from the English language in 2012, the overwhelming consensus was to ditch moist. The seemingly ordinary adjective inspires an excessive outpouring of ire. Why? 

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